Ashes of immortality: widow-burning in india
Auteur :
Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226885681
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2000
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
567 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia.